2009-08-15 Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Tireless Activist for the Mentally Disabled
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Thousands of mourners gathered Friday on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for the…
2009-08-08 Waiting for Next Move With North Korea
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Former president Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea…
2009-08-01 Faster Swimming Sinks High-Tech Speed Suits
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Swimmers broke many records this week at the world championships in…
2009-07-25 Health Reform Fight Heats Up in Washington
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama continued to push for health reform as…
2009-07-18 Sotomayor Likely to Gain Seat on US High Court
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Judge Sonia Sotomayor appears headed for confirmation to the United States…
2009-07-04 China Delays Plan for Web-Blocking Software on New Computers
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, China delayed an order to require Internet-filtering software in…
2009-06-27 The Talented but Tragic Life of Michael Jackson
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Fans around the world are remembering the man who called…
2009-06-20 Khamenei Says Protests Over Iran Vote Must End
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Iran’s top leader has demanded a stop to protests over the…
2009-06-13 Industry Gathers for Paris Air Show at a Rough Time
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Next week is the one hundredth anniversary of the Paris Air…
2009-06-06 Obama Calls for a ‘New Beginning’ Between US and Muslims
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama is calling for new efforts toward progress in peace…
2009-05-30 Woman in the News: Judge Sonia Sotomayor
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama announced his choice for an opening on…
2009-05-23 Iran Launches a Missile and a Presidential Race
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Iran test-fired a new missile. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced…
2009-05-16 In Sri Lanka, a ‘Final Push’ to Defeat Rebels
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Sri Lankan army has been leading what it called a…
2009-05-09 Leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan Meet With Obama in Washington
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali…
2009-05-02 President Obama Marks 100 Days in Office
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week we look at President Obama’s first one hundred days…